— about 55 years ago
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1661-04-29 |
Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan |
1683-10-03 |
The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu. |
1892-10-10 |
Entire Hong Kong national cricket team dies in shipwreck off Taiwan |
1895-05-08 |
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki |
1911-10-10 |
Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day) |
1945-09-09 |
Japanese in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies |
1945-10-25 |
Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek |
1946-12-25 |
Constitution accepted in Taiwan |
1947-02-28 |
Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan |
1947-02-28 |
228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of 30,000 civilian lives. |
1947-12-25 |
Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) |
1949-10-01 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa |
1949-11-29 |
Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa |
1949-12-07 |
Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan |
1950-07-27 |
Pres Harry Truman promises aid to Taiwan |
1954-11-02 |
Taiwan & US sign military pact |
1957-05-24 |
Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan |
1958-08-23 |
Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy. |
1963-09-11 |
Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage |
1964-02-11 |
Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France |
1971-10-25 |
UN votes to expel Chinese Nationalist-ruled Taiwan & admit Red China |
1971-10-26 |
UN votes to replace Taiwan with China |
1974-02-28 |
Taiwan police shoots into crowd |
1978-12-31 |
Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US |
1981-02-28 |
China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan |
1987-07-14 |
Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law |
1987-07-15 |
State of siege ends in Taiwan |
1991-08-24 |
Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0 |
1992-09-14 |
1st subway car completed to be exported from US (to Taiwan) |
1994-04-26 |
Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed |
1996-03-23 |
Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President. |
1998-06-02 |
The CIH computer virus is discovered in Taiwan. |
1998-10-28 |
An Air China (Mainland China) jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan. |
1999-09-21 |
Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead. |
2000-10-31 |
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 operating as Flight 006 collides with construction equipment upon takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan killing 79 passengers and four crew members |
2002-01-01 |
Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei. |
2002-05-25 |
China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people. |
2003-03-02 |
The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics is held at Chung Cheng University. |
2004-01-26 |
A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion. |
2005-01-29 |
The first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines carrier landed in Beijing. |
2006-12-26 |
The 2006 Hengchun earthquake with 7.1 magnitude hit Taiwan. |
2007-02-13 |
Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election. |
2009-01-13 |
Global shipping experiences a drop in trade, as exports from South Korea dropping an annualised 30%, with Taiwan and Japan experiencing a 42% and 27% drop respectively |
2010-02-22 |
Taiwan's economy exits from the recession with 9.22% growth in the last quarter of 2009 after increased demand from China and other key markets in the region |
2012-10-23 |
12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan |
2012-12-09 |
13 people are killed and 10 are injured after a bus rolls of a cliff and falls 100 meters in Taiwan |
2013-04-10 |
Japan and Taiwan sign an agreement on fishing rights around the Senkaku Islands |
2014-07-23 |
44 people are killed after TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashed into buildings in Taiwan |
2015-11-07 |
Leaders of China and Taiwan hold first talks since bitter 1949 split |
2016-02-05 |
Magnitude-6.4 earthquake shocks Taiwan |
2016-05-20 |
New Taiwan President Omits One-China Policy in First Speech |
2016-05-20 |
Asia Pacific|Taiwan Installs 1st Woman President Amid Tension With China |
2016-05-20 |
New Taiwan president pledges peace, urges China to drop historical baggage |
2016-06-06 |
Taiwan says won't recognize Chinese air defense zone over South China Sea |
2016-12-03 |
Trump Speaks With Taiwan's Leader, an Affront to China |
2016-12-03 |
Trump breaks US policy stance with direct Taiwan call |
2017-03-05 |
Premier Li says China will resolutely oppose Taiwan independence |
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1914-01-10 |
Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (d. 2000) |
1923-01-15 |
Lee Teng-hui, president of ROC (Taiwan), head of KMT (1988- ) |
1933-07-10 |
Chuan-Kwang Yang, Taiwan, decathlete (Olympic-silver-1960) |
1944-03-15 |
Chi Cheng, Taiwan, sprinter/80m hurdler (Oly-Bronze-68) |
1946-05-18 |
Frank Hsieh, former Premier of Taiwan |
1948-04-25 |
Yu Shyi-kun, former Premier of Taiwan |
1955-08-20 |
Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist (Olympics-96) |
1957-03-29 |
Boris Komnenic, Taiwan Canasta |
1960-01-29 |
Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize) |
1972-02-08 |
Marcus Pollard, Kindness of Strangers (Taiwan) |
1973-03-21 |
Chiou Hai Ta, Miss Taiwan ROC Universe (1997) |
1973-06-16 |
Malan Breton, Malan Breton a Journey to Taiwan |
1973-09-03 |
Chen Hsiao-Fen, Miss Universe-Taiwan ROC (1996) |
1973-10-19 |
Shi Ting Wang, Tainan Taiwan, tennis star (1994 Taipei) |
1987-03-15 |
Taiwan Brown, video jockey |
1987-03-15 |
Taiwan Brown, Dean's List |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1987-10-21 |
Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan government official, dies at 88 |
1988-01-13 |
Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69 |
1993-12-24 |
Yen Chia-kan, PM/Pres of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies |
2000-10-04 |
Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (b. 1914) |
2016-12-05 |
General Tso's Chicken creator dies in Taiwan aged 98 |
2018-03-19 |
Renowned Taiwan writer Li Ao dies, aged 83 |
